Legal News (Commercial & Business)

The Supreme Court has delivered a decision in Hickey v McGowan [2017] IESC 6 which has important consequences for business and commercial entities dealing with litigation arising from the acts of their employees.

The Courts have delivered judgment in two important cases which involve the concept of parliamentary privilege. At its most basic, that principle means that in general the Courts do not have a role in – and are not permitted to –scrutinise comments made in the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Trying to make sense of the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union is a fool’s errand.

With the introduction of the new Companies Act 2014 on 1st June 2015, all existing private companies limited by shares were obliged to convert to either a private company limited by shares (LTD) or to a designated activity company (DAC) - before 30 November 2016.

In two separate cases the High Court and the Court of Appeal have provided guidance in relation to applications by disgruntled creditors to set aside the effect of Protective Certificates in personal insolvency proceedings.

In the case of McFeely v Official Assignee in Bankruptcy [2017] IECA 21 (“McFeely”) the Court of Appeal considered the High Court judgment of Costello J where she had acceded to an application by the Official Assignee in Bankrupty to extend the period of Mr McFeely’s bankrupty on a number of grounds.